By Sheriff Michaels
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (TheSportsNEXT) December 18, 2012: South African skipper for Twenty20 Internationals, AB de Villiers has ruled himself out of the upcoming three-match Twenty20 International series starting December 21 at Durban.
The aggressive South African cricketer has cited exhausting past few months as the reason for him to take rest and get ready for the Test series against New Zealand in January, 2013.
AB de Villiers’ decision to take rest in T20Is has opened an avenue of opportunity for the Cape Cobras skipper Justin Ontong who has been asked to fill into his shoes in the team.
Talking about his decision, AB de Villiers said, “It's been an exhausting few months and I feel that I need some extra rest before the Test series. It's for this reason that I have put in the request and I'm grateful to the team management for supporting this decision."
It is important to mention here that the South African cricket authorities had already reduced workload on de Villiers by relieving him from captaincy responsibilities in the squad announced on December 13, 2012 and gave him the role to do the job as a wicketkeeper-batsman. In his absence the young Quinton de Kock will do the job behind the wickets.
South African squad for New Zealand T20Is has Faf du Plessis (captain), Farhaan Behardien, Henry Davids, Quinton de Kock (WK), Justin Ontong, Rory Kleinveldt, Richard Levi, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Aaron Phangiso, Dale Steyn, and Lonwabo Tsotsobe.
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